Han thought again, for the tenth or hundredth—maybe thousandth—time, that the Princess of Alderaan really was never more beautiful than when she was knocking the Sithspit out of somebody.
“For the first time, then, she caught a glimpse of what the power of speaking might be. It wasn’t a matter of confession, penance, and absolution, like the priests offered. It was something else entirely. Telling the story of who she was, and then realizing that she was no longer the same person.”
― Speaker for the Dead
― Speaker for the Dead
“They were both, after all, still children whose lives were dictated by powers above them.”
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
― The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
“Well, let’s elect you Minister of Withholding Information, then,”
― Master of Deception
― Master of Deception
“A mercy it is,” he said at last to himself, “that I woke up when I did. I wish Thorin were living, but I am glad that we parted in kindness.”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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